Shears



C. DRIETJR SHEARS 4 Filed Nov. 18, 1922 la ivm vill. uill Chr/es riesJr Patented Oct. 1'3, 1925. l UNITED STA-TE CHARLES DBIEST, JR., I

rumeno, NEW Jnnsmr.

application mea november 1g, im. lseran no. some1.

To-,all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known'that I, CHARLES Dnms'r, 'J

Va citizen of the United States, and residin at Marlboro, in the county of Monmout and State of New'Jersey, have invented certain new and useful, Improvements in Shears, of which the following is a speciication, such as will venable these skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shears of various kinds and classes such for example as dressmakers shears, barbers shears and the like, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of the classspeciied with handle members and blade members composed of separate and independent rades of material secured together, the bla e members being com osed of a high grade steel, while the han le members may be composed of any suitable material; a further object being to provide means for detachably securing the scribed and claimed.

The invention isv fully disclosed in the following specication, of whichfthe accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in. which l Fig. lisa plan viewof a pair of shears Amade according to my invention and with the handle members and blade vmembers thereof in an open position;

Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale; v

Fig. ,3 a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale; and,

Fig. L1an inside view of one of the blade members which Ir employ. o

In carrying my invention intol effect, I provide a pair of shears 5, such as -em loyed y barbers, and-composed of two andle members 6 and 7 having loops or eyes 8 at their free endsto receive thelingers of a hand and one'of said loopsprfeyes being. provided with a hook-shapedxtension 9,

' bers taper thereof, an

the other end portions of the handle members 6 and 7 are flattened and of less thickness than said handle members as shown at 10 and are pivoted together by a screw 11 which passes throu h a .bushing'12 in the part 10 of the han le member 6 and is in` threaded Vengagement with a. similar bushing 13 in the part 10 of the handle member 7 and a lock washer 14 is 'employed to prevent the accidental displacement of the screw 11.

The bushings 12 and 13 are permanently secured in the parts 10 of the handle members 6 and 7 and serve to-takeup the wear between said parts 10 in the' mani ulation of the shears as willbe understoo i `1,556,769 s-PATENT OFFICE.

I also employ two blade members ,15.

Which'are secured to the parts 10 of the handle members 6 and 7, and both. of which are of the same construction, and in the Aconstruction shown the blade members 15 are composed of sheet metal fashioned to form polnted ends 16, and said blade memradually to the head ends 17 c? the ,head ends of said' blade members are provided with comparatively large apertures 18, at the opposite sides of wh1ch are smaller apertures 19. The inner edges of said blade members are beveled as shown at 2O to form cutting edges which extend from the pointed ends 16 thereof substantially to the pivot ends of said blade members 'as shown in Fig. l'of the drawing, and the outer side edgesl of said blade members are bent to form inwardly directed;v flanges 21 which reinforce saidblade members and provide onithe inner faces of said blade members pockets 22, and by reason of this construction the cuttingedges of said blade members are free to slide one upon the v other in 'the manipulation of the shears 'to provide perfect cutting o erations.'

It will be understood t at theblade mem.`

bers 15 are mounted in connection'with the are provided with comparatively short flanges 25 alongthe inner or cutting edge 100 parts 10 of the handle members 6 and7 by lacing said blade members. on the outerv 7 aces o f the parts 10 with -the head of the screw 11 and the lock washer 14 in the apertures 18 of said blade members and screws thereof, which flanges are adapted to overlap the parts 10 to form perfect interlocking of the blade members 15 with the parts l0 and to relieve the strain on the screws 23. In other words the arts 10 of the handle members 6 and 7 t snugly-within the flanges and that part of the flanges 21 which cooperates with said arts 10.

It will be noted that the b ade members 15 are pressed inwardly 'toward each other vat the cutting edges thereof. as shown at 26 to bring the cutting edges in contact with each other from the parts 10 of the handle members to the pointed ends 16 thereof,

v From the foregoing it will be apparent that the blade members 15 may be removed from the handle members 6 and 7, or` the parts 10 thereof, without' removing the pivotal connection of said handle members, or without dissecting said handle members and in this way it will also be understood that whenever desired new blade members may be substituted for old ones and the handle members may be continually used as the holders for the blade members, andvany type of blade members or handle members maybe employed, the distinctivefeatures of the invention being to provide a tool of the class described with blade members composed of one material, preferably a high carbon steel, with handle members composed of other material which maybe a cheaper material or a more expensive materialrif gold silver or other handle members are desire and another feature of the .inventionresides inthe detachable mounting of thel blade members in connection with the.

spirit of my invention o r sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. pair of .shears ofthe class described comprising vpivotally connected handle members which when coupled together form' a unitary structure, the Acou 1mg of said handle members being forme, by bushings' mounted'in said handle members, a screw` l passed through said bushings with a nut for retaining said han e memand royided bers .against displacement, and blade members detachably mounted in connection with said unitary structure andv provided with apertures adapted to receive and` pass freely over the heads of the screw and nut mounted thereon.

2. A tool of the class described comprising pivoted handle members, the pivoted end portions\of which are reduced to form recesses on the outer faces thereof, blade members formed independent of said handle members and the inner ends of which are fashioned to conform with and enter the recesses of the handle members, and means whereby the blade members may be removably attached to said handle members when pivoted together. y.

3. A tool of the class described comprising pivoted handle members, the pivoted end portions of which are reduced to form recesses on the outer faces thereof, blade members formed independent of said handle members and the -inner ends of which are fashioned to conform with and enter the recesses of thehandle members, means whereby the blade members may be removably attached to said handle members when ivoted together, and said blade members ing apertured to receive the means for pivotallyconnecting the handle members.

4. A tool of the class described comprising pivoted `handle members, the pivoted end portions of said handle members being reduced on the opposite vouter faces thereof to form recesses of angular formation, blade-v members the inner ends ofwhich are fashioned to conform with the -recessed ends of the handle members and -to lit snugly therein and to lie flush with the handle members, said blade members being formed indeendent ofthe handle members and being ashioned to pass freely over the pivotal connection of the handle members, and.

means for detachably connecting the blade membersl with the handle members when said handle members are pivoted together.

5'. Inv a pair of shears bf the class -described, two handle members provided at one end with linger ieces and at the other end withapertures a apted to receive bushings, means assed through the bushin mounted t e apertures of said han e members "for pivotally connecting said handle members, and means for lpreventing y CHARLES DRiEs'LJa ilo 

